This year’s our 10th anniversary of running Villasfor2 in the Italian region of Abruzzo. And because blogs like this can crop up in the oddest places, and you’re wondering, “what’s Villasfor2 ?”…or “where’s Abruzzo...

One of the main reasons it took us ten years to finally make it to Abruzzo’s iconic Rocca Calascio Castle was entirely down to Bradt Guides Abruzzo – still the only all-encompassing printed work about the region. The castle’s nearly 5000 dizzying feet up,...

Eating out in our bit of southern Abruzzo had always been one of the true pleasures of living here. Because it’s an absolute favourite Abruzzese activity, there are restaurants galore. And because this is still a decidedly untouristy part of Italy, 99% of the...

If you’ve followed blogs on the Villasfor2 site for any length of time, you’ll know that from around 2009 to 2015, I released a whole series of Italian wine blogs – both written and as video podcasts. I stopped these about eighteen months ago because I’d...

Two… …blogs for the price of one. A wordy one and a photographic one. The photos didn’t sit particularly well within the text, so I’ve grouped them all together at the end. I won’t mind if you ignore the words and scroll through directly...